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Whether you’re looking for a new tail-wagging best friend or a purring pal to cozy up on the couch with, Santa Clara County Animal Care & Control’s Adoption Days can provide a four-legged companion to fit any individual’s needs – and there’s a special deal going on this month.

Perched on the northern outskirts of Morgan Hill in unincorporated south San Jose is a converted fruit stand where anglers – beginners to professionals – have been stopping for more than three decades before casting off for their next fishing excursion.

In an excerpt from her poem, “My Philosophy,” 99-year-old Rena Lamontagne explains in 30 short and simple sentences the “rules” she has lived by throughout her long life.

A Santa Clara woman tested positive for West Nile virus in the first confirmed human case of the virus in the County this year. The woman became ill and was hospitalized briefly in mid-July according to a press release from the Santa Clara County Public Health Department. She is now recovering at home. The Health Department did not specify where in Santa Clara County the woman lives.

Allyssa Marae, a 22-year-old who was raised in Morgan Hill and now lives in Hollister, has a dream to host a music festival at the amphitheater of Christmas Hill Park in the heart of Gilroy.

Next summer, Gilroy Gardens could be the place to be to cool down on a hot day in South County.

At the young age of 17, Morgan Hill resident Joshua Toch has already rubbed elbows with President Obama, Senator Dianne Feinstein and other senior officials of the United States Government in the nation’s Capitol.

Sargent Ranch, a pristine and undeveloped 6,500 acres of land south of Gilroy, is up for public auction this month.